merge: SP5 live-tail — pub/sub + 3 stream endpoints + frontend tail integration

Brings the SP5 live-tail implementation into main:

Backend
  * EventBus (cyclone.pubsub): per-kind fan-out with drop-oldest overflow
  * FastAPI lifespan initializes the bus + db once per process
  * store.add() publishes claim_written / remittance_written /
    activity_recorded events on every batch write
  * GET /api/{claims,remittances,activity}/stream: NDJSON snapshot +
    live subscription + 15s idle heartbeat
  * EventBus.unsubscribe() lets the tail loop release its queue on
    client disconnect (no queue leak per open stream)

Frontend
  * src/lib/tail-stream.ts: streamTail() async-generator over fetch
  * src/store/tail-store.ts: zustand with FIFO cap 10k per slice
  * src/hooks/useTailStream.ts: connecting/live/reconnecting/stalled/error/closed
    state machine with 1→2→4→8→16→30s backoff
  * src/hooks/useMergedTail.ts: base + tail merge with filter
  * src/components/TailStatusPill.tsx: badge + Reconnect button
  * Claims, Remittances, ActivityLog pages wired to the tail

Tests
  * 437 backend tests pass (was 418 before SP5)
  * 154 frontend tests pass (was 124)
  * npm run typecheck clean
  * end-to-end smoke: open /api/claims/stream, POST 837, see new claims
    arrive in real time without refresh

# Conflicts:
#	src/pages/ActivityLog.tsx
#	src/pages/Remittances.test.tsx
#	src/pages/Remittances.tsx

src/hooks/useMergedTail.test.ts

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+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+// React's act-aware env — mirror the other hook tests.
+(globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+
+import React, { act } from "react";
+import { createRoot, type Root } from "react-dom/client";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { useMergedTail } from "./useMergedTail";
+import { useTailStore } from "@/store/tail-store";
+import type { Claim, Remittance, Activity } from "@/types";
+
+/**
+ * Same `renderHook` shim used in `useClaimDetail`, `useDrawerUrlState`,
+ * etc. — the project doesn't ship `@testing-library/react`, so we wire a
+ * Probe component into a real `createRoot` and read the hook's return
+ * value through a shared `result` object. `act` flushes React's state
+ * updates between micro-tasks.
+ */
+function renderHook<TResult>(setup: () => TResult): {
+  result: { current: TResult | undefined };
+  unmount: () => void;
+} {
+  const result: { current: TResult | undefined } = { current: undefined };
+  const container = document.createElement("div");
+  document.body.appendChild(container);
+
+  function Probe() {
+    result.current = setup();
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const root: Root = createRoot(container);
+  act(() => {
+    root.render(React.createElement(Probe));
+  });
+
+  return {
+    result,
+    unmount: () => {
+      act(() => root.unmount());
+      container.remove();
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Sample factories. The hook is generic over `T extends { id: string }`,
+// so for `claims` we use Claim, for `remittances` we use Remittance, etc.
+// Tests populate the store via `useTailStore.getState().addX(...)` — the
+// same path the live-tail hook uses — so the merge is exercised against
+// the real store shape (including the `claimOrder`/`remitOrder` indexing
+// the store maintains for the keyed-by-id slices).
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function claim(id: string, patientName: string): Claim {
+  return {
+    id,
+    patientName,
+    providerNpi: "1234567890",
+    payerName: "Medicaid",
+    cptCode: "99213",
+    billedAmount: 100,
+    receivedAmount: 0,
+    status: "submitted",
+    submissionDate: "2026-06-20T00:00:00Z",
+  };
+}
+
+function remit(id: string, claimId: string): Remittance {
+  return {
+    id,
+    claimId,
+    payerName: "Medicaid",
+    paidAmount: 100,
+    adjustmentAmount: 0,
+    receivedDate: "2026-06-20",
+    checkNumber: id,
+    status: "received",
+  };
+}
+
+function activity(id: string, message: string): Activity {
+  return {
+    id,
+    kind: "claim_submitted",
+    message,
+    timestamp: "2026-06-20T00:00:00Z",
+  };
+}
+
+describe("useMergedTail", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // Singleton store — clear each slice between tests so cases are
+    // independent. Mirrors the pattern in `tail-store.test.ts`.
+    useTailStore.getState().reset("claims");
+    useTailStore.getState().reset("remittances");
+    useTailStore.getState().reset("activity");
+  });
+
+  it("test_merges_base_and_tail_by_id_base_first", () => {
+    // Base: [A, B]. Tail store adds [B, C, D] — note B is a duplicate
+    // of a base item (mirrors what a snapshot replay on reconnect would
+    // produce). After dedup, tail should contribute only [C, D].
+    const base = [claim("A", "Alice"), claim("B", "Bob")];
+    const { addClaim } = useTailStore.getState();
+    addClaim(claim("B", "Bob-Updated")); // deduped — first write wins
+    addClaim(claim("C", "Carol"));
+    addClaim(claim("D", "Dave"));
+
+    const { result, unmount } = renderHook(() =>
+      useMergedTail("claims", base),
+    );
+
+    const merged = result.current ?? [];
+    // Base items first, in their original order; then tail in arrival
+    // order, with duplicates of base ids dropped.
+    expect(merged.map((c) => c.id)).toEqual(["A", "B", "C", "D"]);
+    // The base version of B must be preserved (the store's first-write-
+    // wins rule keeps "Bob", not "Bob-Updated").
+    expect(merged[1]?.patientName).toBe("Bob");
+
+    unmount();
+  });
+
+  it("test_filter_predicate_drops_tail_items_that_dont_match", () => {
+    // Base: [A]. Tail store: [B, C, D]. Predicate `id !== "D"` drops
+    // the trailing item — the filter must run AFTER dedup and only
+    // affect the tail contribution.
+    const base = [claim("A", "Alice")];
+    const { addClaim } = useTailStore.getState();
+    addClaim(claim("B", "Bob"));
+    addClaim(claim("C", "Carol"));
+    addClaim(claim("D", "Dave"));
+
+    const { result, unmount } = renderHook(() =>
+      useMergedTail("claims", base, (c) => c.id !== "D"),
+    );
+
+    const merged = result.current ?? [];
+    expect(merged.map((c) => c.id)).toEqual(["A", "B", "C"]);
+
+    unmount();
+  });
+
+  it("test_empty_tail_store_returns_base_unchanged", () => {
+    const base = [claim("A", "Alice"), claim("B", "Bob")];
+
+    const { result, unmount } = renderHook(() =>
+      useMergedTail("claims", base),
+    );
+
+    const merged = result.current ?? [];
+    expect(merged).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(merged.map((c) => c.id)).toEqual(["A", "B"]);
+    // The hook returns base verbatim when the tail slice is empty —
+    // no copy churn, so `toBe` reference equality holds.
+    expect(merged[0]).toBe(base[0]);
+    expect(merged[1]).toBe(base[1]);
+
+    unmount();
+  });
+
+  it("test_new_tail_item_appears_after_base", async () => {
+    // Base: [A, B]. Tail store empty initially. After the component
+    // mounts, we push a new claim to the store; the merged list must
+    // include the new tail item, surfaced via re-render. (Plan calls
+    // this "appears_at_top" — in this hook's contract the new item
+    // comes AFTER base items, not before, so the assertion is that it
+    // appears at all and is positioned correctly.)
+    const base = [claim("A", "Alice"), claim("B", "Bob")];
+
+    const { result, unmount } = renderHook(() =>
+      useMergedTail("claims", base),
+    );
+
+    expect(result.current?.map((c) => c.id)).toEqual(["A", "B"]);
+
+    // New item lands in the store → zustand notifies subscribers → the
+    // hook re-renders with the merged result.
+    await act(async () => {
+      useTailStore.getState().addClaim(claim("C", "Carol"));
+    });
+
+    const merged = result.current ?? [];
+    // Base first, then tail in arrival order.
+    expect(merged.map((c) => c.id)).toEqual(["A", "B", "C"]);
+    expect(merged[2]?.patientName).toBe("Carol");
+
+    unmount();
+  });
+
+  it("test_activity_resource_uses_array_slice_and_dedupes_by_id", () => {
+    // Activity doesn't have a keyed-by-id map — it's a plain array.
+    // The hook must still dedup against baseItems by id (Activity has
+    // an id, even though the store's addActivity doesn't dedup).
+    const base = [activity("A", "alpha"), activity("B", "bravo")];
+    const { addActivity } = useTailStore.getState();
+    addActivity(activity("B", "bravo-dup")); // duplicate id
+    addActivity(activity("C", "charlie"));
+    addActivity(activity("D", "delta"));
+
+    const { result, unmount } = renderHook(() =>
+      useMergedTail("activity", base),
+    );
+
+    const merged = result.current ?? [];
+    // Base first, then tail in arrival order. Tail's "B" is dropped
+    // because it's a duplicate of base's "B".
+    expect(merged.map((a) => a.id)).toEqual(["A", "B", "C", "D"]);
+
+    unmount();
+  });
+
+  it("test_remittance_resource_orders_by_remitOrder", () => {
+    // Smoke test for the remittances slice — exercise the second keyed
+    // slice so we know the claim/remit branches are symmetric.
+    const base = [remit("R-1", "CLM-1")];
+    const { addRemittance } = useTailStore.getState();
+    addRemittance(remit("R-2", "CLM-2"));
+    addRemittance(remit("R-3", "CLM-3"));
+
+    const { result, unmount } = renderHook(() =>
+      useMergedTail("remittances", base),
+    );
+
+    const merged = result.current ?? [];
+    expect(merged.map((r) => r.id)).toEqual(["R-1", "R-2", "R-3"]);
+
+    unmount();
+  });
+});

src/hooks/useMergedTail.ts

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+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Live-tail merge hook (sub-project 5, Phase 5 Task 20).
+//
+// Reads the matching slice of `useTailStore` and returns a single array:
+// `baseItems` first (in the order the caller supplied them), then any new
+// tail items in arrival order, with duplicates of base ids removed.
+//
+// Design notes:
+// - The dedup runs against `baseItems` (not the other way around) because
+//   the base list is the authoritative snapshot from the page's JSON
+//   fetch — the tail slice is an opportunistic delta, so the base wins
+//   when an id appears in both.
+// - The optional `filterFn` is applied to the tail slice AFTER dedup so a
+//   page-specific filter (e.g. "only show me submitted claims") doesn't
+//   accidentally include items that were already filtered out of base.
+// - We don't `useMemo` here: `baseItems` is a new array reference on
+//   every render of the caller, so memo deps would invalidate anyway.
+//   The merge is cheap (one Set build + two filters) and zustand's
+//   selector ensures we only re-render when the slice actually changes.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import { useTailStore } from "@/store/tail-store";
+import type { TailResource } from "@/lib/tail-stream";
+
+export function useMergedTail<T extends { id: string }>(
+  resource: TailResource,
+  baseItems: T[],
+  filterFn?: (item: T) => boolean,
+): T[] {
+  // Select the slice that matches the resource. We return a fresh array
+  // each time so the consumer gets a stable iteration order even when
+  // zustand hands us a new container (Record or array) reference.
+  const tailSlice = useTailStore((s) => {
+    switch (resource) {
+      case "claims": {
+        // The store keys claims by id in a Record for O(1) updates, but
+        // also keeps an `claimOrder` array so we can iterate in arrival
+        // order. Filter out any holes (defensive — shouldn't happen but
+        // type-narrows the result to Claim[]).
+        const out: unknown[] = [];
+        for (const id of s.claimOrder) {
+          const v = s.claims[id];
+          if (v !== undefined) out.push(v);
+        }
+        return out;
+      }
+      case "remittances": {
+        const out: unknown[] = [];
+        for (const id of s.remitOrder) {
+          const v = s.remittances[id];
+          if (v !== undefined) out.push(v);
+        }
+        return out;
+      }
+      case "activity":
+        // Activity is already an array — the store appends in arrival
+        // order, so iteration order is exactly what we want.
+        return s.activity as unknown[];
+    }
+  });
+
+  const baseIds = new Set<string>();
+  for (const b of baseItems) baseIds.add(b.id);
+
+  const tailAfterDedup: unknown[] = [];
+  for (const t of tailSlice) {
+    const id = (t as { id: string }).id;
+    if (baseIds.has(id)) continue;
+    tailAfterDedup.push(t);
+  }
+
+  const tailAfterFilter = filterFn
+    ? tailAfterDedup.filter((t) => filterFn(t as T))
+    : tailAfterDedup;
+
+  return [...baseItems, ...(tailAfterFilter as T[])];
+}

src/hooks/useTailStream.test.ts

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+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+// React's `act` warnings need an act-aware environment; mirror the other
+// hook tests in this repo (`useClaimDetail`, `useReconciliation`, ...).
+(globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+
+import React, { act } from "react";
+import { createRoot, type Root } from "react-dom/client";
+import {
+  afterEach,
+  beforeEach,
+  describe,
+  expect,
+  it,
+  vi,
+} from "vitest";
+import { useTailStream } from "./useTailStream";
+import { useTailStore } from "@/store/tail-store";
+import type { Claim } from "@/types";
+import type { TailEvent } from "@/lib/tail-stream";
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Mock `streamTail` so we can drive the async iterator from the test. The
+// hook calls `streamTail(resource, { signal })` once per connection attempt;
+// each call must return an async iterator we control. We replace it with a
+// factory that records every generator we hand out so the test can push
+// events / errors / close on demand.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/tail-stream", () => ({
+  streamTail: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { streamTail } from "@/lib/tail-stream";
+const mockStreamTail = vi.mocked(streamTail);
+
+/**
+ * One controllable async iterator. `push(ev)` resolves the next pending
+ * `next()` with `ev`. `failWith(err)` rejects the next pending `next()`.
+ * `close()` resolves any pending `next()` with `done: true` so the
+ * `for await` loop exits cleanly (this is how a server-side EOF looks to
+ * the hook — the spec says that triggers a reconnect).
+ *
+ * If `next()` is called when no event is queued and the iterator isn't
+ * closed, we suspend on a promise — exactly mirroring `ReadableStream`'s
+ * behaviour and letting the test decide when each event arrives.
+ */
+function makeCtrl() {
+  const queue: TailEvent[] = [];
+  let resolveNext: ((v: IteratorResult<TailEvent>) => void) | null = null;
+  let rejectNext: ((e: unknown) => void) | null = null;
+  let done = false;
+  let pendingError: unknown = null;
+
+  const next = (): Promise<IteratorResult<TailEvent>> => {
+    if (pendingError !== null) {
+      const e = pendingError;
+      pendingError = null;
+      return Promise.reject(e);
+    }
+    if (queue.length > 0) {
+      return Promise.resolve({ value: queue.shift() as TailEvent, done: false });
+    }
+    if (done) {
+      return Promise.resolve({ value: undefined as unknown as TailEvent, done: true });
+    }
+    return new Promise<IteratorResult<TailEvent>>((resolve, reject) => {
+      resolveNext = resolve;
+      rejectNext = reject;
+    });
+  };
+
+  const iter: AsyncIterableIterator<TailEvent> = {
+    next,
+    return: () => {
+      done = true;
+      if (resolveNext) {
+        const r = resolveNext;
+        resolveNext = null;
+        rejectNext = null;
+        r({ value: undefined as unknown as TailEvent, done: true });
+      }
+      return Promise.resolve({ value: undefined as unknown as TailEvent, done: true });
+    },
+    throw: (err: unknown) => {
+      done = true;
+      if (rejectNext) {
+        const r = rejectNext;
+        resolveNext = null;
+        rejectNext = null;
+        r(err);
+      }
+      return Promise.reject(err);
+    },
+    [Symbol.asyncIterator]() {
+      return this;
+    },
+  };
+
+  return {
+    iter,
+    push(ev: TailEvent): void {
+      if (resolveNext) {
+        const r = resolveNext;
+        resolveNext = null;
+        rejectNext = null;
+        r({ value: ev, done: false });
+      } else {
+        queue.push(ev);
+      }
+    },
+    close(): void {
+      done = true;
+      if (resolveNext) {
+        const r = resolveNext;
+        resolveNext = null;
+        rejectNext = null;
+        r({ value: undefined as unknown as TailEvent, done: true });
+      }
+    },
+    failWith(err: unknown): void {
+      if (rejectNext) {
+        const r = rejectNext;
+        resolveNext = null;
+        rejectNext = null;
+        r(err);
+      } else {
+        pendingError = err;
+      }
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+type Ctrl = ReturnType<typeof makeCtrl>;
+
+/** Configure `mockStreamTail` so every call returns a fresh controllable iterator. */
+function trackCalls(): { ctrls: Ctrl[] } {
+  const ctrls: Ctrl[] = [];
+  mockStreamTail.mockImplementation(() => {
+    const c = makeCtrl();
+    ctrls.push(c);
+    return c.iter;
+  });
+  return { ctrls };
+}
+
+/** Same `renderHook` shim used by `useClaimDetail`, `useReconciliation`, etc. */
+function renderHook<TResult>(setup: () => TResult): {
+  result: { current: TResult | undefined };
+  unmount: () => void;
+} {
+  const result: { current: TResult | undefined } = { current: undefined };
+  const container = document.createElement("div");
+  document.body.appendChild(container);
+
+  function Probe() {
+    result.current = setup();
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const root: Root = createRoot(container);
+  act(() => {
+    root.render(React.createElement(Probe));
+  });
+
+  return {
+    result,
+    unmount: () => {
+      act(() => root.unmount());
+      container.remove();
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+/** Flush microtasks + React state until `predicate()` holds (or we time out). */
+async function waitFor(
+  predicate: () => boolean,
+  timeoutMs = 1000,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const start = Date.now();
+  while (!predicate()) {
+    if (Date.now() - start > timeoutMs) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `waitFor: predicate did not hold within ${timeoutMs}ms`,
+      );
+    }
+    await act(async () => {
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+/** Build a valid Claim shape for the dispatch test. */
+function makeClaim(id: string, patientName: string): Claim {
+  return {
+    id,
+    patientName,
+    providerNpi: "1234567890",
+    payerName: "Medicaid",
+    cptCode: "99213",
+    billedAmount: 100,
+    receivedAmount: 0,
+    status: "submitted",
+    submissionDate: "2026-06-20T00:00:00Z",
+  };
+}
+
+describe("useTailStream", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockStreamTail.mockReset();
+    // Reset the singleton tail-store between tests so each case sees a
+    // clean claims/remittances/activity slate.
+    useTailStore.getState().reset("claims");
+    useTailStore.getState().reset("remittances");
+    useTailStore.getState().reset("activity");
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    // Restore real timers so a fake-timers-using test doesn't leak into
+    // the next case.
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it("test_on_mount_status_connecting_then_live_after_snapshot_end", async () => {
+    const { ctrls } = trackCalls();
+    const { result, unmount } = renderHook(() => useTailStream("claims"));
+
+    // Wait for the effect to call streamTail once.
+    await waitFor(() => ctrls.length === 1);
+    // Initial status: connecting.
+    expect(result.current?.status).toBe("connecting");
+
+    // Server finishes replaying the snapshot — status flips to live.
+    ctrls[0].push({ type: "snapshot_end", data: { count: 0 } });
+    await waitFor(() => result.current?.status === "live");
+    expect(result.current?.status).toBe("live");
+
+    unmount();
+  });
+
+  it("test_on_stream_error_status_error", async () => {
+    const { ctrls } = trackCalls();
+    const { result, unmount } = renderHook(() => useTailStream("claims"));
+
+    await waitFor(() => ctrls.length === 1);
+
+    // Simulate a stream-level error event (yielded, not thrown). The hook
+    // should turn this into an Error and surface `status === "error"`.
+    ctrls[0].failWith(new Error("boom"));
+
+    await waitFor(() => result.current?.status === "error");
+    expect(result.current?.status).toBe("error");
+    expect(result.current?.error).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+    expect((result.current?.error as Error).message).toBe("boom");
+
+    unmount();
+  });
+
+  it("test_on_abort_status_closed_no_reconnect", async () => {
+    const { ctrls } = trackCalls();
+    const { unmount } = renderHook(() => useTailStream("claims"));
+
+    await waitFor(() => ctrls.length === 1);
+
+    // Capture the AbortSignal the hook passed to streamTail — the contract
+    // is that the hook aborts it on unmount.
+    const call = mockStreamTail.mock.calls[0];
+    expect(call).toBeDefined();
+    const opts = call[1] as { signal?: AbortSignal } | undefined;
+    expect(opts?.signal).toBeDefined();
+    expect(opts?.signal?.aborted).toBe(false);
+
+    unmount();
+
+    // After unmount the signal MUST be aborted — that's how `streamTail`
+    // tears down its fetch loop, and it's the externally-observable
+    // evidence that we cleaned up. (`status === "closed"` is set on the
+    // hook's state, but a renderHook shim can't observe post-unmount
+    // re-renders, so we assert on the abort instead.)
+    expect(opts?.signal?.aborted).toBe(true);
+
+    // No reconnect must be scheduled. Advance past the entire backoff
+    // window and confirm `streamTail` is still at exactly one call.
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    try {
+      await act(async () => {
+        vi.advanceTimersByTime(60_000);
+      });
+      expect(mockStreamTail).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("test_on_event_dispatches_to_tail_store", async () => {
+    const { ctrls } = trackCalls();
+    const { unmount } = renderHook(() => useTailStream("claims"));
+
+    await waitFor(() => ctrls.length === 1);
+
+    // Bring the stream to "live" so the dispatcher is in the happy path.
+    ctrls[0].push({ type: "snapshot_end", data: { count: 0 } });
+    await waitFor(() => useTailStore.getState().claims !== undefined);
+
+    // Push an item — it must end up in the claims slice.
+    ctrls[0].push({
+      type: "item",
+      data: makeClaim("CLM-1", "Patient One"),
+    });
+    await waitFor(
+      () => useTailStore.getState().claims["CLM-1"] !== undefined,
+    );
+
+    const stored = useTailStore.getState().claims["CLM-1"];
+    expect(stored).toBeDefined();
+    expect(stored?.patientName).toBe("Patient One");
+
+    unmount();
+  });
+
+  it("test_reconnect_status_cycles_reconnecting_to_connecting_to_live", async () => {
+    const { ctrls } = trackCalls();
+
+    // Compress the backoff schedule so the test doesn't sit on a real
+    // 1-second timer. We override the global setTimeout / clearTimeout to
+    // schedule timers via `setImmediate`-style micro-tasks instead of
+    // wall-clock — but the simpler path is just `vi.useFakeTimers` and
+    // manually advance. We go with the simpler path.
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    try {
+      const { result, unmount } = renderHook(() => useTailStream("claims"));
+      await act(async () => {
+        // Yield so the initial useEffect runs and calls streamTail.
+        await Promise.resolve();
+      });
+      expect(ctrls.length).toBe(1);
+
+      // First attempt fails — hook sets status=error and schedules a
+      // reconnect after the first backoff step (1000ms in the real
+      // schedule, but we advance just past it).
+      ctrls[0].failWith(new Error("first failed"));
+      await act(async () => {
+        await Promise.resolve();
+      });
+      expect(result.current?.status).toBe("error");
+
+      // Advance past the first backoff step. The hook should reopen —
+      // status becomes "connecting" (attempt counter resets on success
+      // but only after snapshot_end; while retrying it's still
+      // "reconnecting" until the new attempt actually opens).
+      await act(async () => {
+        vi.advanceTimersByTime(1500);
+        await Promise.resolve();
+      });
+      expect(ctrls.length).toBe(2);
+
+      // Second attempt completes the snapshot — status flips to live.
+      ctrls[1].push({ type: "snapshot_end", data: { count: 0 } });
+      await waitFor(() => result.current?.status === "live");
+      expect(result.current?.status).toBe("live");
+
+      unmount();
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("test_reconnect_dedup_duplicate_items_appear_once_in_store", async () => {
+    const { ctrls } = trackCalls();
+    const { unmount } = renderHook(() => useTailStream("claims"));
+
+    await waitFor(() => ctrls.length === 1);
+    ctrls[0].push({ type: "snapshot_end", data: { count: 0 } });
+    await waitFor(() => useTailStore.getState().claims !== undefined);
+
+    // Push the same claim twice (mimicking a snapshot replay on
+    // reconnect). The store must keep exactly one copy.
+    ctrls[0].push({
+      type: "item",
+      data: makeClaim("CLM-DUP", "Original"),
+    });
+    ctrls[0].push({
+      type: "item",
+      data: makeClaim("CLM-DUP", "Updated"),
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(
+      () => useTailStore.getState().claims["CLM-DUP"] !== undefined,
+    );
+    // Give the second push time to be processed — we want to assert it
+    // was rejected by the store's first-write-wins rule.
+    await act(async () => {
+      await Promise.resolve();
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
+
+    expect(Object.keys(useTailStore.getState().claims)).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(useTailStore.getState().claims["CLM-DUP"]?.patientName).toBe(
+      "Original",
+    );
+
+    unmount();
+  });
+});

src/hooks/useTailStream.ts

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+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Live-tail connection lifecycle hook (sub-project 5, Phase 5 Task 19).
+//
+// Opens a `streamTail(resource)` connection, dispatches `item` events into
+// the matching `useTailStore` slice, exposes the connection status to the
+// page (for `<TailStatusPill>`), and survives transient backend failures
+// with an exponential-backoff retry (1s → 2s → 4s → 8s → 16s, capped at
+// 30s — spec §3.4). A stall detector flips status to `stalled` after 30s
+// of silence (no event, including heartbeats) so the UI can show a stale
+// connection without polling.
+//
+// Design notes:
+// - One effect per `(resource, reconnectNonce)` pair. Bumping
+//   `reconnectNonce` from `forceReconnect()` re-runs the effect, which
+//   aborts the in-flight stream (cleanup) and opens a fresh one.
+// - The AbortController is stored in a ref so `forceReconnect` can abort
+//   even from outside React's render cycle.
+// - Backoff is indexed by an `attempt` counter that resets to 0 once the
+//   server completes a snapshot (i.e. we're "live"). A clean server-side
+//   EOF is treated like an error — we reconnect with backoff.
+// - `setStatus("closed")` fires from the effect cleanup; the consumer
+//   (e.g. `<TailStatusPill>`) typically unmounts at the same time, so
+//   this update is rarely observed — but it's there for any parent that
+//   keeps the consumer rendered after the hook is detached.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { streamTail, type TailResource } from "@/lib/tail-stream";
+import { useTailStore } from "@/store/tail-store";
+import type { Activity, Claim, Remittance } from "@/types";
+
+export type TailStatus =
+  | "connecting"
+  | "live"
+  | "reconnecting"
+  | "closed"
+  | "stalled"
+  | "error";
+
+export interface UseTailStreamResult {
+  status: TailStatus;
+  lastEventAt: Date | null;
+  error: Error | null;
+  forceReconnect: () => void;
+}
+
+/** Backoff schedule per spec §3.4: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, then cap at 30s. */
+const BACKOFF_STEPS_MS: readonly number[] = [
+  1_000, 2_000, 4_000, 8_000, 16_000, 30_000,
+];
+
+/** No event (including heartbeat) for this long → flip to `stalled`. */
+const STALL_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
+
+function backoffDelayMs(attempt: number): number {
+  const i = Math.min(Math.max(attempt, 0), BACKOFF_STEPS_MS.length - 1);
+  return BACKOFF_STEPS_MS[i] as number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dispatch a single item event into the matching slice of the tail store.
+ * The store slices are typed with the canonical shapes (`Claim`,
+ * `Remittance`, `Activity`); the stream yields `unknown` so we cast here.
+ */
+function dispatch(resource: TailResource, data: unknown): void {
+  const store = useTailStore.getState();
+  switch (resource) {
+    case "claims":
+      store.addClaim(data as Claim);
+      break;
+    case "remittances":
+      store.addRemittance(data as Remittance);
+      break;
+    case "activity":
+      store.addActivity(data as Activity);
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+export function useTailStream(resource: TailResource): UseTailStreamResult {
+  const [status, setStatus] = useState<TailStatus>("connecting");
+  const [lastEventAt, setLastEventAt] = useState<Date | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<Error | null>(null);
+
+  /**
+   * Bumping this state causes the effect to re-run, aborting the current
+   * stream and starting a fresh one. `forceReconnect` is the only place
+   * we mutate it from outside the effect itself.
+   */
+  const [reconnectNonce, setReconnectNonce] = useState(0);
+
+  /**
+   * Hold the in-flight AbortController so `forceReconnect` can tear it
+   * down even when called from a stale render. The effect cleanup also
+   * aborts via this ref.
+   */
+  const abortRef = useRef<AbortController | null>(null);
+
+  const forceReconnect = useCallback(() => {
+    setReconnectNonce((n) => n + 1);
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false;
+    let attempt = 0;
+    let stallTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+    let backoffTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+
+    const clearStall = (): void => {
+      if (stallTimer) {
+        clearTimeout(stallTimer);
+        stallTimer = null;
+      }
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Re-arm the stall detector. Called on every event (including
+     * heartbeats and `item_dropped` notices) so a quiet backend that
+     * still pings every <30s doesn't get flagged as stalled. The stall
+     * timer only flips status if we were already in a "still trying"
+     * state — once we're `closed` or `error`, a missed heartbeat
+     * shouldn't override that.
+     */
+    const armStall = (): void => {
+      clearStall();
+      stallTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+        if (cancelled) return;
+        setStatus((prev) => {
+          if (
+            prev === "closed" ||
+            prev === "reconnecting" ||
+            prev === "error" ||
+            prev === "stalled"
+          ) {
+            return prev;
+          }
+          return "stalled";
+        });
+      }, STALL_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    };
+
+    const scheduleReconnect = (): void => {
+      if (cancelled) return;
+      if (backoffTimer) {
+        clearTimeout(backoffTimer);
+        backoffTimer = null;
+      }
+      const delay = backoffDelayMs(attempt);
+      backoffTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+        if (cancelled) return;
+        backoffTimer = null;
+        attempt += 1;
+        void openOnce();
+      }, delay);
+    };
+
+    const openOnce = async (): Promise<void> => {
+      if (cancelled) return;
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+      abortRef.current = controller;
+      // First attempt → "connecting". Subsequent retries → "reconnecting"
+      // so the user can see that we've lost the prior connection.
+      setStatus(attempt === 0 ? "connecting" : "reconnecting");
+
+      try {
+        const iter = streamTail(resource, { signal: controller.signal });
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+        for await (const ev of iter) {
+          if (cancelled) return;
+          setLastEventAt(new Date());
+          armStall();
+
+          switch (ev.type) {
+            case "snapshot_end":
+              // Server finished replaying; we are now live. Reset the
+              // backoff counter so a transient blip doesn't penalize the
+              // next outage.
+              attempt = 0;
+              setStatus("live");
+              break;
+            case "item":
+              dispatch(resource, ev.data);
+              break;
+            case "heartbeat":
+            case "item_dropped":
+              // No state change — the stall timer has already been
+              // re-armed. These exist purely so the hook knows the
+              // connection is alive.
+              break;
+            case "error":
+              // Yielded (not thrown) error event. Promote to a thrown
+              // Error so the catch block below runs the reconnect
+              // machinery.
+              throw new Error(ev.data.message);
+          }
+        }
+        // Stream finished cleanly (server-side EOF). Treat as a
+        // reconnect-trigger: if we're still mounted, schedule a retry.
+        if (!cancelled) {
+          setStatus("reconnecting");
+          scheduleReconnect();
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (cancelled) return;
+        // An abort during teardown isn't really an error — the stream
+        // is being torn down on purpose. Skip the reconnect.
+        if (controller.signal.aborted) return;
+        const e = err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err));
+        setError(e);
+        setStatus("error");
+        scheduleReconnect();
+      }
+    };
+
+    void openOnce();
+    armStall();
+
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true;
+      if (abortRef.current) {
+        abortRef.current.abort();
+        abortRef.current = null;
+      }
+      if (backoffTimer) {
+        clearTimeout(backoffTimer);
+        backoffTimer = null;
+      }
+      clearStall();
+      // Per spec: on unmount, status = closed. This is the only way a
+      // parent that keeps the consumer mounted (e.g. for a transition)
+      // can observe the closed state.
+      setStatus("closed");
+    };
+  }, [resource, reconnectNonce]);
+
+  return { status, lastEventAt, error, forceReconnect };
+}